''Glyphodes multilinealis'', the fig-tiger-moth, is a species of
moth of the family
Crambidae described by
George Hamilton Kenrick in 1907. It is found in
Papua New Guinea,
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
,
Niue, the
Cook Islands, the
Society Islands, in
Australia
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and
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.
It has a wingspan of .
Biology
Its larvae had been reared in Fiji on ''
Ficus prolixa
''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending int ...
''.
"''Glyphodes multilinealis'' Fig Tiger-Moth"
''Cook Islands Biodiversity & Natural Heritage''. The Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
References
External links
Boldsystems.org: images of ''Glyphodes multilinealis''
Glyphodes
Moths of Japan
Moths described in 1907
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